Editing Evansville, Indiana (section)

==Sports==
{{main|Sports in Evansville}}
Evansville is home to two [[NCAA Division I]] athletic programs. The [[Evansville Purple Aces]] basketball team plays at the [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]]. The [[Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles]] basketball team plays on campus at [[Screaming Eagles Arena]].

Evansville is home to several professional teams as well. The [[Evansville Otters]] are a professional baseball team in the [[Frontier League]] and have played at [[Bosse Field]] since 1995. The [[Evansville Thunderbolts]] are a minor league professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[SPHL]] and play at the [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]]. There was also a junior hockey team named the Evansville Jr. Thunderbolts in the [[North American 3 Hockey League|NA3HL]] and played at [[Swonder Ice Arena]] from 2015 to 2019. The [[Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum|Evansville Coliseum]] is home to the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association|WFTDA]] league, the [[Demolition City Roller Derby]]. In 2021, the city saw the formation of two minor league soccer clubs: the [[Evansville Legends FC]] and the Midwest Hooligans. The Legends compete in the [[Ohio Valley Premier League]] on Old National Bank Field at [[Goebel Soccer Complex]]. The Hooligans compete in the [[United Premier Soccer League]] and play at [[EVSC Fields|Double Cola Soccer Complex]] near the demolition site of [[Roberts Municipal Stadium|Roberts Stadium]].

{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Club !! Sport !! Founded !! League !! Venue
|-
| [[Evansville Otters]]
| [[Baseball]]
| 1995
| [[Frontier League]]
| [[Bosse Field]]
|-
| [[Evansville Thunderbolts]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| 2016
| [[SPHL]]
| [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]]
|-
| [[Evansville Legends FC]]
| [[Soccer]]
| 2021
| [[Ohio Valley Premier League|OVPL]]
| Old National Bank Field
|-
| Midwest Hooligans
| Soccer
| 2021
| [[United Premier Soccer League]]
| [[EVSC Fields|Double Cola Soccer Complex]]
|}

From 1948 to 1956, Evanville hosted an annual [[college football]] [[bowl game]], the [[Refrigerator Bowl]].

From 1957 to 1975, and then again in 2002, 2014, 2015, 2019, and from 2021 to 2025 Evansville hosted the [[NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship]] (Elite Eight). From 1999 to 2007, [[Roberts Municipal Stadium|Roberts Stadium]] hosted the [[Great Lakes Valley Conference]] basketball tournaments, and in 2013, the same event was held at the [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]]. A number of Division I NCAA events have been hosted by the city as well. In 1983, [[Roberts Municipal Stadium|Roberts Stadium]] hosted the first round of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]], and in 1980 and 1983, it hosted the [[Horizon League|Midwestern City Conference]] men's basketball conference tournament. The [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]] has hosted the [[Ohio Valley Conference]] [[Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament|men's]] and [[Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament|women's]] basketball tournaments since 2018.

Evansville used to play host to the top tier boat racing circuit of [[H1 Unlimited]] when it hosted [[Thunder on the Ohio]] along the Ohio River in downtown Evansville, which was hosted continuously from 1979 to 2009. Evansville had also previously hosted Thunder on the Ohio from 1938 to 1940. The two-mile Evansville tri-oval was known as one of the fastest hydroplane courses in the world, as various world records were set on the Evansville course. Hydroplane racing returned to Evansville in 2017, with the introduction of the Evansville Hydrofest, an [[American Power Boat Association]] event.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/2017/09/25/hydrofest-boat-race-called-success-return-2018/702143001/|title=HydroFest boat race called a success, will return in 2018|newspaper=Evansville Courier & Press|date= 27 September 2017}}</ref>

[[Goebel Soccer Complex]] is on {{convert|70|acre|ha}} of land and features nine Olympic-size irrigated Bermuda grass fields and one Olympic-size AstroPlay turf field. Additionally, [[EVSC Fields|Double Cola Soccer Complex]] provides twin soccer fields and stadium seating for the high school regular season and postseason matches. [[Swonder Ice Arena]] is a double-rink facility that opened in the fall of 2002 and features a fitness center, a skate park, and party rooms. High schools in the [[Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation|EVSC]] district used Lloyd Pool for [[Southern Indiana Athletic Conference|SIAC]] swimming and diving meets before its shutdown and demolition plans in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/parks-board-votes-to-demolish-lloyd-pool/amp/ |title= Parks board votes to demolish Lloyd Pool|newspaper=Tri-State Eyewitness News|date=5 May 2021}}</ref> The Deaconess Aquatic Center replaced Lloyd as the local hub for swim and dive in October 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wevv.com/templates/AMP2?contentID=575412791|title=Deaconess Aquatic Center Announces Hours, Pricing, and Upcoming Programming|newspaper=44 News|date=28 September 2021|access-date=2022-01-02 |archive-date=2022-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102015441/https://www.wevv.com/templates/AMP2?contentID=575412791|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Evansville has hosted Drums on the Ohio, a [[Drum Corps International]] Summer tour competition at the Reitz Bowl, since 1978 with a brief hiatus from 2008 to 2013. The event normally takes place in June, and draws over 3,000 spectators. It is the only DCI event within a 100-mile radius.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.drumsontheohio.com/about/|title=About Us {{!}} DRUMS on the OHIO|work=DRUMS on the OHIO|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-US}}</ref>